Spring in Motion
March 14 & 15, 2026
MBT is excited to announce our Spring ballet performance:
Spring in Motion is a mixed repertoire performance featuring MBT Academy dancers in a bold and high-energy Don Quixote suite, contemporary works, and exciting repertory pieces.
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This evening-length program showcases the range and versatility of our dancers through classical and modern choreography in a fast-paced, engaging performance.
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Performances:
Saturday, March 14 at 1:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 15 at 1:00 PM
Interested in sponsoring this performance? Contact us today!
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The Collectives & Student Choreography Competition
MBT hosts the Winter Collective and Spring Collective performances at the end of each semester during the academic year. The Collectives showcase and celebrate student progress through performances from all of our class levels. All students are given the opportunity to take the stage. While upper level Academic students participate in choreography projects during the spring semester, final selections are presented in the student choreography competition as part of the Spring Collective.
The Nutcracker
Thank you for supporting our 2025 production of the Nutcracker! We are looking forward to our Spring Ballet, Spring in Motion, premiering March 2026, as well as future performances!
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker is a fun family tradition that will lift your spirits this holiday season!
Rated a “Best Bet for Holiday Entertainment in and around DC” by DC Metro Theater Arts!
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre has been presenting the full-length traditional staging of The Nutcracker at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville at Montgomery College since 1989. Year after year audiences are enchanted by MBT’s performances which feature student and professional dancers, fabulous costumes, and beautiful scenery – including a Christmas tree that seemingly grows forever, magical dancing dolls, marching toy soldiers, giant mice, a dazzling blizzard with dancing snowflakes and a land of luscious sweets. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating the season!
The Nutcracker Suite
MBT added our popular short-length version of this classic holiday tale to our season. Metropolitan Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker Suite is a perfect, shorter-length introduction to the theater and ballet, geared to young audiences!
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre has been presenting the full-length traditional staging of The Nutcracker since 1989. We introduced The Nutcracker Suite in 2017 to sold-out audiences at MBT’s Black Box Theater, and took it to the larger stage with our 30th annual season at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in 2018!
There are four performance times available for The Nutcracker Suite. These will sell out quickly!
Each performance of The Nutcracker Suite will last approximately 1 hour with a short intermission.
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Stay tuned for 2026 performance dates of the Nutcracker and the Nutcracker Suite, as well as our Spring Ballet, Spring in Motion, premiering March 2026